Münsterhof
Cobbled medieval square built over a filled-in river hollow, once a pig market by a former abbey.
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This guide to Münsterhof in Zurich starts with a stray branch of the Sihl river that once turned this spot into a flood-prone swamp, long before any wall or church stood here. You'll hear how Zurich's monks broke ground for the Fraumünster only once the ground had silted solid enough to hold weight, and what archaeologists later found holding up the nearby Jakob Chapel. The square's later life as the city's pig market, until the trade moved on in 1667, is part of the story too.
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